tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post7111830727338450317..comments2024-03-27T09:33:37.646+01:00Comments on Omnium: Jeff & the Wall(s) in our headsSean Jeatinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-40006642569284411592009-07-31T15:56:56.800+02:002009-07-31T15:56:56.800+02:00You're right, Sean. There's a lot to disco...You're right, Sean. There's a lot to discover in those two galleries (Tate/Moma). Those scenes are not just photos. They are collages of two or three different dramas in one frame. I'm glad that Jeff Wall explains what it's all about, or I would miss most of it. It's great to tour an exhibition on a screen where you can enlarge and zoom in each area at leisure. I could never see an artwork that well in a real gallery, even if it was huge.<br /><br />Most of the photos are complicated and crowded. The "dead soldiers' picture" is horrifying, with a ghastly touch of humour. Not something I would put on my wall. It reminded me of "La Danse Macabre de Saint-Saƫns."<br /><br />Interesting artist. Quite different. Ingenuous technique. No pretty sceneries. But the guy has no hidden agenda. He's not preaching, or analysing. He's just, very honestly, showing us some sort of a gray world, with not many happy people in it, or things of beauty. Parts of his world are even a bit frightening. I haven't seen it all in details yet. I can take it little by little, not all at once. It's OK, but a bit depressing.<br /><br />Well...Edvard Munch didn't cheer me up either. Yet, I visited him...<br /><br />What's next, Sean? Emerson said, "Earth laughs in flowers."Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307495672130972111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-28236153847777924722009-07-31T15:51:28.848+02:002009-07-31T15:51:28.848+02:00Jams, Stan,
glad I am not the only one feeling a b...Jams, Stan,<br />glad I am not the only one feeling a bit mixed and puzzled, mostly about this:<br />When not intending to transport a mission, why would one <i>sacrifice</i> two or more years of one's life for but one photograph?<br />L'art pour l'art? <br />Anyway, an interesting personality, and not unappealing.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-23172592688134993672009-07-31T15:30:41.887+02:002009-07-31T15:30:41.887+02:00Thanks for introducing me to Jeff Walls, Sean. Lik...Thanks for introducing me to Jeff Walls, Sean. Like Jams I have mixed feelings about his photographs. Some I find ordinary or overbaked; others are very interesting, and impossible to avoid gazing at (and into, and around) for a while.Stanhttp://stancarey.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-9271585081413579632009-07-30T16:23:19.115+02:002009-07-30T16:23:19.115+02:00I looked at the Tate site and there was quite a ra...I looked at the Tate site and there was quite a range. Some are superb. I love the one based on Invisible Man (one of my favourite novels) but a lot of them are nothing special.<br /><br />The insomnia photo is good though!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.com